by KYW's Pat Loeb
The hunt is on for a Montgomery County man who police say sexually assaulted a teenager Monday afternoon after following her home from Walmart.
Investigators have identified the suspect as 33-year-old Seth Griffith (above) of the 500 block of Haws Avenue in Norristown.
But authorities believe he have fled to Lewistown -- about 30 miles southeast of State College.
Surveillance video shows the suspect following the 19-year-old victim as she shopped in the Walmart in West Norriton. Police believe he followed her back to Lower Providence, entered her Audubon home, and assaulted her in her bedroom.
Turtle says he doesn't know why Griffith targeted the woman:
"At this point in time, I would say we are determining it a random act. We don't have anything either from the victim or from any other source that says she knows or has known or has met this suspect in the past."
On store surveillance (right), a man fitting Griffith’s description can be seen walking around the store and watching her.
District attorney Risa Ferman calls the alleged incident terrifying:
“Being out in a commercial establishment, feeling safe and secure, going inside the security of your own home and having that violated, there’s really very little that is as frightening as that.”
Griffith faces charges of criminal attempted rape, sexual assault, burglary, and related offenses.
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